Where a fibreglass machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fibreglass machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Fibreglass machine operators control and maintain the machine that sprays a mix of resin and glass fibers onto products such as bathtubs or boat hulls to obtain strong and lightweight composite end-products.
Also known as fiberglass-spraying machine operator, operator of fibreglass-spraying machine, lead machine operator, fibreglass-spraying machine operator, fibreglass spraying machine technician, operator of fiberglass-spraying machine.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: pultrusion machine operator, 67%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- pultrusion machine operator 67% covered · difficulty 35.8
- filament winding operator 58% covered · difficulty 45.9
- vacuum forming machine operator 57% covered · difficulty 45.5
- plastic and rubber products manufacturing supervisor 53% covered · difficulty 45.9
- blow moulding machine operator 53% covered · difficulty 47.9
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A fibreglass machine operator needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- control glass fibres flow working with machinery and specialised equipment
- feed fibreglass machine handling and moving
- tend fibreglass machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- remove air bubbles from fibreglass handling and moving
- fibreglass laminating engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor processing environment conditions information skills
- coating substances engineering, manufacturing and construction
- feed hoppers handling and moving
- trim excess material handling and moving
- extract products from moulds information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fibreglass machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Fibreglass machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fibreglass machine operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.